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FamousbeautifulsceneriesintheUKandtheUS-TravelinginGreatBritain14组王冠英吴新宇崔辉,HousesofParliament国会大厦,OfficiallyknownastheNewPalaceofWestminster.Thisforestoftowersandchambers议事厅standsonthesiteofapalace,whichwasaroyalresidencefromthetimeofEdwardtheConfessoruntiltheregionofHerry.,Thereisthemagnificentgilded镀金的ClockToweratthenorthernendoftheHousesofParliament,whichisuniversallyknownasBigBen.This316feetclock-towerwascompletedbetween1858-1859.ThelightabovetheclockislitwhiletheCommons国会下院issitting.,BigBen,Originallybuiltin1703fortheDukeofBuckingham,ThismostfamousofroyalhomeswaspurchasedbyGeorgein1762.Whenshecametothethrone王位in1837,QueenVictoriamovedtheCourtherefromthePalaceofStJames,andithasbeentheLondonhomeofthereigning本界的monarch君主eversince.,BuckinghamPalace白金汉宫,TheTowerofLondon伦敦塔,WilliamtheConquerorbuilttheTowerofLondonasaremindertothecitizensoftheCitizensoftheCityofhisunassailablepower.AttheheartofthecomplexistheWhiteTower,lookingmuchasithasdoneforthelast900oddyears.,WestminsterAbbeybi西敏寺,WestminsterAbbeyisawell-knownProtestantchurchinBritainwithahistorythatcouldclaimtobeanepitomeofthehistoryofLondon,oreventheGreatBritain.Itisalsoasuperbandmarvelous非凡的church,awonderfulexampleoftheGothicarchitecture哥特式建筑andacollectionofBritishhistoricspots.TheoriginalmeaningofWestminsterisaminsterinthewestsinceitislocatedinthewestofthecityofLondon.,HydePark海德公园,OneofLondonsfinesthistoriclandscapescovering142hectares公顿.ThereissomethingforeveryoneinHydePark.Withover4,000trees,alake,ameadow牧场,horseridesandmoreitiseasytoforgetyoureinthemiddleofLondon.,StPaulsCathedral圣保罗大教堂,StPaulsCathedralsitsatthetopofLudgateHill,thehighestpointintheCityofLondon,andistheseatoftheBishop主教座ofLondon.Thepresentbuildingdatesfromthe17thcentury.ItisoneofLondonsmostfamousandmostrecognizablesights.,At365feet(111m)high,itwasthetallestbuildinginLondonfrom1710to1962,anditsdomeisalsoamongthehighestintheworld.Nowadays,StPaulsCathedralisstillabusyworkingchurch,withhourlyprayeranddailyservices.,Edinburgh爱丁堡,EdinburghisthecapitalofScotlandandthesecondlargestcityafterGlasgow格拉斯哥.ItisoneofScotlands32localgovernmentcouncilareas.Locatedinthesouth-eastofScotland,EdinburghliesontheeastcoastoftheCentralBelt地带,alongtheFirthofForth,neartheNorthSea.,OwingtoitsruggedsettingandvastcollectionofMedieval中世纪的andGeorgian乔治亚的ar